A Mass of Christian Burial for Maxine Price Grass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 9, 2026, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Catholic Church with Msgr. James A. Ferguson, JCL officiating. Interment will follow at Alexandria Memorial Gardens under the direction of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until time of service on Friday, January 9, 2026, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral. Maxine Price Grass, 96, of Alexandria, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2025, at Serenades Memory Care in The Villages, Florida.

Maxine is preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Colonel (Ret) Lucian Joseph Grass; daughter Ellen Grass Stoltz; son Garland Anthony Grass; son-in-law, Kelly Pace; her parents; one sister, and two brothers.

Maxine was born on December 25, 1929, in Shreveport to Blanchard Price and Afay Slade Price. Maxine and her husband, Lucian (Bert), were married while stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. After discharge, they returned to Alexandria and started a family with 4 children. Maxine was an excellent designer and seamstress, not only sewing our clothes, but making Halloween costumes, theatrical costumes for plays, blue ties for boosters, and designed many cheerleader outfits. Her three girls had the greatest barbie doll clothes in town.

After all the children were in school, she enrolled in The Trade School and graduated as an LPN.
After retirement, she and Lucian traveled extensively in their motor home and visited each of the lower 48 states. In her later life, Maxine began to cross-stitch and became a master at that.

Maxine is survived by her daughters, Nancy Grass Ferguson and husband Michael, and Sally Grass Pace; son-in-law David Stoltz; grandchildren Eric Stoltz and wife, Lisa, Kevin Stoltz and wife Hallie, Gail Grass, Jerrad Grass and wife, Ashley; 9 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Karen Price and Laverne Parrish and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers honored to serve will be Michael Ferguson, David Stoltz, Eric Stoltz, Kevin Stoltz, Chris Johnson, Zakk Grass, and Austin Tammen.

In lieu of flowers, offers can be made to St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Restoration Fund, 626 4th Street, Alexandria, LA 71301, or the Manna House, P.O. Box 6011, Alexandria, LA 71307.

The Grass Family would like to thank those who helped Maxine throughout her later life, especially Dr. Buckalew and staff, Msgr. James Ferguson, Father Dan Cook, staff at Regency House, and most recently at Serenades Memory Care assisted by Cornerstone Hospice.

Special thanks to Debra Bryant, owner of Unlimited Senior Care and all the sitters who cared for Maxine.

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